U.S. Secretary of Defense Melvin R Laird seated at a desk in the office at the Pentagon in Virginia.

Ceremony at the Pentagon for the Secretary of Defense Melvin R Laird in Virginia. The interior of the Pentagon building. Defense Secretary Laird along with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Earle Gilmore Wheeler, riding the escalator to the office of the Secretary of Defense. Secretary Laird seated at a desk. Defense Secretary Laird and General Wheeler discuss. The Secretary and General and their wives pose for pictures. Secretary Laird seated at a desk.